First poll of Scottish voters conducted since
the Games began puts ‘Yes’ vote on 40% – down one point on last month
Those in favour of keeping the Union remain
static on 46%
Nationalists hoped Games would lead to surge
of anti-UK votes
Alex Salmond begins the most crucial
week yet in the battle for Scotland’s future – without the hoped-for
Commonwealth Games ‘bounce’ in favour of independence.
Three days before Mr Salmond’s live TV
debate with anti-independence campaign leader Alistair Darling, a poll for The
Mail on Sunday revealed no boost for the ‘Yes’ campaign from the Games in
Glasgow.
The Survation survey, the first of
Scottish voters to be conducted since the Games began, puts the ‘Yes’ vote on
40 per cent – down one point on last month – and ‘No’ unchanged on 46 per cent.
The outcome will be a bitter disappointment for Scottish Nationalists, who had
hoped that scheduling the independence referendum on September 18 on the back
of the Games would lead to a surge of votes to break up the UK.
It also flies in the face of reports
that a feel-good factor at Glasgow’s success in staging the Games and
Scotland’s record haul of medals would provide a so-called ‘Braveheart bounce’
and revitalise the ‘Yes’ campaign.
But the survey does show that Scottish
First Minister Mr Salmond is a clear favourite to win Tuesday night’s debate –
the first head-to-head contest between the two campaign leaders.
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